NASA'S Operation Icebridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica

SA's DC-8 over the Pacific during transit to Chile
Drawing a line, with carbon nanotubes --New low-cost, durable carbon nanotube sensors can be etched with mechanical pencils

MIT chemists designed a new type of pencil lead consisting of carbon nanotubes, allowing them to draw carbon nanotube sensors onto sheets...
NGC 6543: A Planetary Nebula Gallery
Surprising Spiral Structure Spotted by ALMA

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a totally unexpected spiral...
Nanotechnology Used to Purify Urban Wastewater without Formation of Sludge

Among the advantages of the reactor, mention can be made of the fact that no sludge is produced during the purification process.
Graphene membranes may lead to enhanced natural gas production, less CO2 pollution, says CU study

This illustration depicts a single molecular-sized pore in a graphene membrane. The membrane is separating carbon dioxide from nitrogen. A...
Deep Impact Spacecraft Completes Rocket Burn

Artist's concept of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.
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More efficient all-organic catalysts in fuel cells

The world's needs for energy and raw materials are constantly growing, and the search for readily accessible and inexpensive material for...